Editing Alpharius (section)

==BUT THERE WAS MORE==
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As it turns out, Alpharius' greatest secret was not his homeworld - it was that he had [[Skub|an identical twin]], named [[Omegon]]. It is not clear if the Emperor [[Not as planned|intended this]], nor was he even aware of it. Alpharius and Omegon are, in fact, ''both'' the Primarch of the Alpha Legion, although 'Alpharius' is the public face and appears as the more senior of the two. Both look alike, however, and the two switch their roles ''often.'' Alpha Legion marines have described this well-kept secret as the pair sharing one soul between two bodies, and the other Primarchs, unaware of the Alpha Legion Primarch's true nature, simply believed they WERE one person, named, appropriately enough, [[Derp|Alpharius Omegon]]. The only true way to tell the difference between the two was <s>their armor, with Omegon's being all black due to his role as a stealth specialist</s> whichever one you thought you weren't looking at, it was the other one? In addition to this, it's rumoured that Alpharius, or Omegon, or both of them, or someone, maybe... My head hurts!

Okay! Back on track. It's rumored that ''someone'' had several of the Alpha Legion Marines surgically altered to look exactly like them so they could stand in as ''extra'' body doubles if/when it was needed. This was easier for the Alphas than it would've been for any other Legion, because some alpha legionnaires were unusually freakishly tall, and their primarchs were the shortest of the bunch, rather than being giants with [[Magnus the Red | one eye]], [[Sanguinius|wings]], and/or [[Ferrus Manus|metal hands]]. It also helped that digesting a small portion of their primarch's blood made those body-doubles powerful enough to be mistaken as true Primarchs not only by appearance but also by their combat prowess for quite a long time (up to a several hours), although it isn't known if this were a common ability amongst Alpha Legionnaires, or was it artificially engineered only for the body-doubles.

It's unknown if Guilliman killed Omegon, or simply some dipshit Alpha Legion Marine who decided to pull a Spartacus and pose as them. OR NEITHER. So you can see where the [[meme]]s come from. Who the ''hell'' did Guilliman kill?

Maybe the whole war on Eskrador was a big chunk of disinformation trolling made by Alpha Legion agents to fake their primarch's death. Or they want the Inquisition to think so. After all the only source of information about said war was Inquisitor Kravin's report - who mysteriously disappeared shortly after and may or may not be an Alpha Legion agent undercover. That being said: The Ultramarines have no records about the Eskrador war, but again those records may or may not be lost or may or may not be destroyed due to some Alpha Legion black ops... or just lost due to shitty imperial record keeping, as it would not be the first time that's happened.

And to keep up the mystery, when [[Gregor Eisenhorn]] needed someone to keep Alizabeth Bequin's clone Alizabeth 'Beta' Bequin safe he got someone whose only response was "I am Alpharius" and can make an Emperor's Children Space Marine run away just by showing his face.

... Goddamnit this is ''confusing.''

It gets worse. A short story printed in ''The Primarchs'' Horus Heresy book shows that by drinking the Primarch's blood an Alpha Legion Marine took on the genetic coding of the primarchs, fooling even the apothecary on the mission. Also at the end Alpharius and Omegon are speaking about the necessities of war as the mission before was a one way trip including the death of a rogue psyker who became close to Omegon. Omegon seemed to think the sacrifice was not necessary whilst Alpharius believed it was, hinting that the brothers were not in agreement on all things. As their plan in ''Legion'' relied on killing off humanity to kill off chaos, Omegon is probably looking for another option. This may or may not mean the Alpha Legion has some connection to [[The Purge]], but as with all other things on this page nobody fucking knows.

It is notable that in Deliverance Lost, the Alpha Legion betrayed even the Cabal. And the third Forge World Horus Heresy book includes a large story which ended with Alpharius (or was it?) screwing over Horus by not garrisoning an area after the Alpha Legion conquered it. At this point, combined with how even Alpharius and Omegon don't seem to agree, it's questionable if the Alpha Legion is even unified in its purpose. [[The Fallen|They wouldn't be the only ones]] divided over betraying the Imperium.